Steve Pye
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Steve Pye is the former chairman of the Blackpool Flyde & Wyre branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, and current chairman of Lancashire Regional TV and community interest companies partnered with 3E.
He is a member of the pro-fracking business group Lancashire for Shale. [1] and was previously also involved in the North West Energy Task Force[2] Pye has spoken strongly in favour of fracking, saying:
- 'We are the country that banned conkers, skipping and hopscotch in the playground, and I don’t believe that any of those three agencies would allow something unsafe to go ahead if they thought it was unsafe.' [3]
Notes
- ↑ Our Steering Group, Lancashire For Shale, accessed 24 January 2017
- ↑ SME panel, North West Energy Task Force, accessed 24 January 2017.
- ↑ Fracking: businesses and students urge Lancashire to approve Cuadrilla plans, The Guardian, 22 June 2015, accessed 24 January 2016.